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==Navy service== In 1974, Carter entered the [[U.S. Navy]] and completed [[flight surgeon]] school in [[Pensacola, Florida]]. After serving tours as a flight surgeon with the [[1st Marine Aircraft Wing|1st]] and [[3rd Marine Aircraft Wing]]s, he returned to flight training at [[Beeville, Texas]], and was designated a [[Naval Aviator]] on April 28, 1978. He was assigned as the senior medical officer of the [[aircraft carrier]] {{USS|Forrestal|CV-59|6}}, and in March 1979 completed F-4 training at [[VMFAT-101]] in [[Marine Corps Air Station Yuma]], [[Arizona]]. He was subsequently reassigned as a [[fighter pilot]], flying [[F-4 Phantom]]s with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 333 ([[VMFA-333]]) at [[MCAS Beaufort]], [[South Carolina]]. In 1981, he completed a nine-month [[Mediterranean]] cruise aboard USS ''Forrestal'' with [[VMFA-115]]. In September 1982, he attended [[United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program|U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School]] ([[TOPGUN]]) and then served as the [[2nd Marine Aircraft Wing]] standardization officer and F-4 combat readiness evaluator at [[MCAS Cherry Point]], [[North Carolina]]. He then attended the [[U.S. Naval Test Pilot School]], graduating in June 1984. Carter logged 3,000 flying hours and 160 carrier landings.
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